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Anthracyclines are widely used and highly effective chemotherapy drugs, clinically used to treat various types of cancer. Powerful characterisation techniques were combined by researchers from the University of Manchester, University of Warsaw and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in order to bette…

Polymers – macromolecules composed of repeating subunits called monomers – are everywhere. Proteins, DNA, starch and cellulose are all examples of naturally occurring polymers, while synthetic polymer materials – considered one of the most important inventions of modern times – are involved in mos…

Visualisation of the Ising-like spin liquid on the triangular spin lattice realised in NdTa7O19. The spins (arrows) show antiferromagnetic correlations between nearest neighbours (glowing bonds) but remain fluctuating down to the lowest experimental temperature A r…

High-resolution neutron imaging can uncover the workings of an electrolytic cell designed to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. Experimental setup: Cell fixture and neutron detector/cell alignment. a an explosion view of the custom-built electrolysis cell (End plates: S…

Sketch of Pt nanoparticles on a Aluminium oxide support in interaction with different amount of dihydrogen molecules. Credit ACS / E. Vottero The societal impact of catalysts – substances used to influence the rate or outcome of a chemical reaction – is immense. Es…

Approximately 70% of all energy produced by humanity currently ends up as waste heat. As the world witnesses the accelerating and intensifying impact of climate change, the huge potential of this unused energy has come into sharp focus. Thermoelectric technologies enable a direct conversion of heat into electricity, their wider deployment, however, requires the development of more efficient mater…

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What exactly happens inside a cell during thermal death was, until recently, a hotly debated question. Collaborative research led by Alessandro Paciaroni, Associate Professor at the University of Perugia, Judith Peters, Professor of Physics at the Université Grenoble Alpes and Fabio Sterpone, CNRS…

Neutrons throw light on an important manufacturing process in the textile industry.

The collaboration Stereo has found no proof that the sterile neutrino exists after six years of experimentation. Their conclusion will impact numerous branches of physics, with their study published on 12 January in Nature.

Neutron spectroscopy provides a range of tools to study the structural dynamics of semiconducting organic materials for novel solar cells with improved power conversion efficiency.

30 November 2022 Foam structural evolution as seen by SANS and optical imaging. Front cover of the 46th issue of the Soft Matter journal. Credit: S.Monfront, ILL Foams are everywhere, in food, beverages, detergents and cosmetics, as well as industrial processes such as recycling, oil recovery and firefighting. There is thus significant interest in the…